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Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:14:22 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com> To: Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@...il.com> Cc: Oleksij Rempel <linux@...pel-privat.de>, Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>, Jonathan Bither <jonbither@...il.com>, OpenWrt Development List <openwrt-devel@...ts.openwrt.org>, Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>, Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@...il.com>, "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>, "open list:ATHEROS ATH5K WIR..." <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>, "open list:ATHEROS ATH5K WIR..." <ath5k-devel@...ema.h4ckr.net>, open@...ke-m.de, "list@...ke-m.de:NETWORKING DRIVERS" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "antonynpavlov@...il.com" <antonynpavlov@...il.com>, Florian Fainelli <florian@...nwrt.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/28] Remove ATHEROS_AR231X On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 02:50:30PM +0400, Sergey Ryazanov wrote: > 2014-02-11 3:43 GMT+04:00 Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@...il.com>: > > 2014-02-11 2:37 GMT+04:00 Florian Fainelli <florian@...nwrt.org>: > >> 2014-02-10 4:38 GMT-08:00 Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@...il.com>: > >>> 2014-02-10 16:17 GMT+04:00 Oleksij Rempel <linux@...pel-privat.de>: > >>>> Am 10.02.2014 13:05, schrieb Sergey Ryazanov: > >>>>> 2014-02-10 0:03 GMT+04:00 Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>: > >>>>>> Am 09.02.2014 20:18, schrieb Hauke Mehrtens: > >>>>>>> On 02/09/2014 07:47 PM, Richard Weinberger wrote: > >>>>>>>> The symbol is an orphan, get rid of it. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at> > >>>>>>>> --- > >>>>>>>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/Kconfig | 10 +++++----- > >>>>>>>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.h | 28 ---------------------------- > >>>>>>>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c | 14 -------------- > >>>>>>>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/led.c | 7 ------- > >>>>>>>> 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-) > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> This code is used in OpenWrt with an out of tree arch code for the > >>>>>>> Atheros 231x/531x SoC. [0] I do not think anyone is working on adding > >>>>>>> this code to mainline Linux kernel, because of lack of time/interest. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Sorry, we don't maintain out of tree code. > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Oleksij, Jonathan do you still working to make ar231x devices work > >>>>> with upstream, since your posts [1, 2]? Or may be someone from OpenWRT > >>>>> team would like to add upstream support? > >>>>> > >>>>> 1. https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/5/13/321 > >>>>> 2. https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/5/13/358 > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> my current target was to provide barebox and openocd support. > >>>> - ar2313 is already upstream on barebox. > >>>> - ar2315-2318 (barebox) awaiting review by Anthony Pavlov. > >>>> - openocd (EJTAG) support is ready and i'll push it ASUP. > >>>> > >>> WOW, Impressive. > >> > >> That's a nice toy project, although since there are is an existing > >> bootloader with sources, I would have shifted the priority towards > >> getting the kernel support merged such that the bootloader can be used > >> for something. BTW I sent a few devices to Jonathan, not sure if he > >> ever got those... > >> > >>> > >>>> I hope Jonathan do kernel part. If not, i can provide some work, since i > >>>> have testing boards and expiriance on this hardware. > >>>> > >>> If you need, I can test kernel part, or even do some porting work. I > >>> have some AR231x based boards, e.g. Ubnt LS2 and NS2. > >> > >> I guess you could start splitting the OpenWrt patches into a format > >> that makes them suitable for being merged upstream and starting with > >> the MIPS parts. There might be a bunch of checkpatch.pl cleanup work > >> to do before getting those submitted. > > > > I will do that if Jonathan does not have a working solution, which he > > would like to push upstream. So, let's wait for his reply. > > > > John, can you delay the merging of this patch for a few months, I will > try to prepare the necessary patches to add AR231x architecture to the > kernel and send them to linux-mips. OK -- looking forward to your patches. -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@...driver.com might be all we have. Be ready. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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